Najib launches 1Malaysia Mobile River Clinic for Sg Baram

MARUDI April 15 — Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday launched the 1Malaysia River Mobile Clinic service at the Marudi town jetty to provide health services to the people in the interior areas near Sungai Baram.
The river mobile clinic service, the first of its kind, will benefit about 2,000 residents in 13 longhouses in 10 villages from Marudi to Kuala Baram and another 3,000 residents in settlements between Marudi and Long Lama.
Two teams - each comprising a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, medical assistant and several nurses - are assigned to run the mobile clinic serving the people living on the banks of the Baram River.
The mobile clinic is a collaboration between the Health Ministry and Yayasan 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Currently, the ‘Flying Doctors’ service is also used to provide services in the interior areas of Sarawak by using air transport provided by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).
In his speech to about 4,000 people at the gathering of the People With the Leader at the Marudi Town Square, Najib announced an allocation of RM60 million for the construction of the Marudi-Miri Road to facilitate travel between the two destinations which currently takes about three hours by express boat from Kuala Baram.
In addition, the Prime Minister also approved an allocation of RM1 million for the SJK (C) Kee Tee building fund at Long Lama, located in the Telang Usan state constituency.
Also present at the function were Health Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates Sylvester Entri Muran and Dennis Ngau, for Marudi and Telang Usan respectively.
Najib, who is on a visit to the interior areas in the north-eastern part of Sarawak yesterday, later boarded a helicopter to visit the Bario highland which is a Kelabit community.